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Reference
(The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CAB 80
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Title
(The name of the record)
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War Cabinet and Cabinet: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Memoranda
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1939-1946
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Description
(What the record is about)
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This series consists of the memoranda seen by the Chiefs of Staff Committee, from September 1939 to December 1946. Most aspects of the military effort (manpower, equipment, munitions, logistics, directives to commanders, strategy, relations with allies and neutrals, etc) are dealt with or reflected in the papers.
Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.
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Arrangement
(Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Subject and chronological.
From mid-1942 to the end of 1944, most minutes and memoranda were marked 'O' (i.e. operational and top secret) and given a more restricted circulation.
Please be aware that the last digit of the item references do not refer to any folio or other reference on the original documents; these numbers have been generated automatically for system reasons.
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Related material
(A cross-reference to other related records)
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For post-December 1946 memoranda see
DEFE 5
Minutes and memoranda of the Chiefs of Staff (COS) Committee for the period up to September 1939 can be found in
CAB 53
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Held by
(Who holds the record)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status
(A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language
(The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s)
(The creator of the record)
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- Cabinet, Chiefs of Staff Committee, 1939-1946
- War Cabinet, Chiefs of Staff Committee, 1939-1946
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Physical description
(The amount and form of the record)
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107 volume(s)
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Access conditions
(Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition
(When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1970 Cabinet Office
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Subjects
(Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
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Labour
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Weapons
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Armed Forces (General Administration)
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Accruals
(Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Unpublished finding aids
(A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
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A full printed subject index covering both CAB 79 and CAB 80 can be found in CAB 79/91 which is available on open access at The National Archives, Kew. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Administrative / biographical background
(Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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For the administrative history of the Chiefs of Staff Committee during the Second World War, see CAB 79
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3887/